Avoid popularity if you would have peace.

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

Topics: Peace Quotes, Popularity Quotes

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history

If by the mere force of numbers a majority should deprive a minority of any...

If by the mere force of numbers a majority should deprive a minority of any...

Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to...

Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to...

The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from...

The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from...

The worst thing you can do for those you love is the things they could...

The worst thing you can do for those you love is the things they could...

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition

My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it. I...

My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it. I...

He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.

He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.

Die when I may, I want it said by those who knew me best that...

Die when I may, I want it said by those who knew me best that...

Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the...

Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the...

If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six hours sharpening...

If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six hours sharpening...

He who molds the public sentiment... makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to make.

He who molds the public sentiment... makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to make.

Military glory--that attractive rainbow, that rises in showers of blood--that serpent's eye, that charms to...

Military glory--that attractive rainbow, that rises in showers of blood--that serpent's eye, that charms to...

All the armies of Europe, Asia and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the...

All the armies of Europe, Asia and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the...

And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the...

And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the...

The assertion that all men are created equal was of no practical use in effecting...

The assertion that all men are created equal was of no practical use in effecting...

The strongest bond of human sympathy outside the family relation should be one uniting working...

The strongest bond of human sympathy outside the family relation should be one uniting working...

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.

It is the love of country that has lighted and that keeps glowing the holy...

It is the love of country that has lighted and that keeps glowing the holy...

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigue...

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigue...

The elective system offered a bewildering freedom of choice, leaving some graduates with the impression...

The elective system offered a bewildering freedom of choice, leaving some graduates with the impression...

Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended.

Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended.